Domaine Charvin, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, 2016
One of Chateauneuf-du-Pape's most underrated traditionalists, in one of the appellation's greatest modern vintages. Domaine Charvin is run by Laurent Charvin, the sixth generation of his family on the property, working roughly 8 hectares spread across three lieux-dits — Maucoil, Cabrières and L'Arnesque — in the cooler northwestern corner of the appellation near Mont-Redon (sand and galets, planted on cooler, often north-facing slopes) — a cooler, fresher site than most. The winemaking is old-school: no destemming to speak of, no new oak, concrete tanks, low intervention. 2016 was a benchmark modern CdP vintage — balanced, concentrated, built to age for decades — and nine years on, Charvin's 2016 is just stepping into its drinking window with the bulk of its life still ahead. Bright kirsch, raspberry, garrigue, peppercorn, dried lavender, warm stone. Lifted, fresh, classical, deeply Charvin. Decant or cellar.
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One of Chateauneuf-du-Pape's most underrated traditionalists, in one of the appellation's greatest modern vintages. Domaine Charvin is run by Laurent Charvin, the sixth generation of his family on the property, working roughly 8 hectares spread across three lieux-dits — Maucoil, Cabrières and L'Arnesque — in the cooler northwestern corner of the appellation near Mont-Redon (sand and galets, planted on cooler, often north-facing slopes) — a cooler, fresher site than most. The winemaking is old-school: no destemming to speak of, no new oak, concrete tanks, low intervention. 2016 was a benchmark modern CdP vintage — balanced, concentrated, built to age for decades — and nine years on, Charvin's 2016 is just stepping into its drinking window with the bulk of its life still ahead. Bright kirsch, raspberry, garrigue, peppercorn, dried lavender, warm stone. Lifted, fresh, classical, deeply Charvin. Decant or cellar.
